&nbsp&nbspRe:no 6th finger&nbsp-&nbspMassé, 24/05/2002 17:57:02 &nbsp&nbsp Hello ,
Some people said that he has a pain in his stomach.
But now some books (from Maury) say that he was poisonned without connection with a kind of cancer.
In Saint Héléna ,Napoléon said that a such habit was just to get a better concentration.
Bernard

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspRe:&nbsp-&nbspLuchini, 27/05/2002 21:29:28 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Greetings, there are more reasons to add to the list surprisingly. There are many paintings of people with a hand in their vest, so for Nap it's only unusual that there are so many of him. He liked people being able to recognize him from regularity (i.e. same hat, same outfit, and even same pose) so it was a sort of propaganda. Nothing new, the Romans did it. In anycase, it was also rude to put your hands in your pockets back then if you had any, so people often put their hands in their coats. The Empeor I'm sure liked to be comfortable, so it's not surprise that he placed his hand in his vest. Contrary to popular belief, Napoléon was quite unextroadinary in build (meaning no third limbs). Cordially, Katherine